Lid for axle-boxes of cars



(N0 Modelf) A. 0 BUOKIUS. LID FOR AXLE BOXES 0F CARS. No. 581,673. Patentea Apr. 27, 1897.

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UNTTnn STATES ALBERT O. BUCKIUS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO THE NATIONAL MALLEABLE CASTINGS COMPANY, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

LID FOR AXLE-BOXES OF CARS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 581 ,673, dated April 27, 1897.

Application filed April 4, 1896- $erial No. 586,176. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALBERT O. BUCKIUS, of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Lids for Axle-Boxes of Cars,

of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which-- Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly broken away, showing in section the features of improvement embodied in my invention. Fig. 2 is a view in elevation of the inside of the lid, and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the r 5 leaf-spring.

The object of my invention is to provide an improved device for securing a leaf-spring to the inner side of the lid of a car-axle box without need of perforating the lid or otherwise making openings which would admit dirt to the j ournal-bearing.

As shown in the drawings, the axle-box 2 has a pivoted lid 3 and a leaf-spring 4, which at one end bears upon a projection or shoulder 5 of the box and at the other end is secured to the lid by my improved device. This device comprises a pocket or bridge 0, open at both ends to permit passage of the leaf-spring and having below the pocket on the interior of the lid a bulge or protuberance 7, at the lower end of which is a groove or recess 8. The end of the spring is provided with a ridge or projection 9, preferably made bybending the spring, as shown, and adapted 3 5 to fit into the recess. In assembling the parts the spring is driven lengthwise under the bridge. By reason of its bearing upon the ridge or bulge 7 a tension is exerted upon the spring and when the projection 9 comes opposite to the groove or recess on the interior 0 of the lid it springs thereinto, and by such interlocking of the parts 8 and 9 it is restrained from longitudinal motion, so that it is not apt to be displaced or lost. It is, how ever, very easily removed in case it should be 4 5 broken, and in such event a new spring may be readily substituted for it.

I claim-- 1. A lid for the axle-boxes of cars, having on its inner face a bridge, a leaf-spring inserted under the bridge, and a bulge on the lower portion of the lid against which the spring bears and by whichit is put in tension, said spring and said bulge interlocking with each other by means of a ridge or projection on one part interfitting with a groove or recess in the other; substantially as described.

2. A lid for the axle-boxes of cars, having on its inner face a bridge, a bulge on the lid against which the spring bears and by which it is put in tension, said bulge having a groove 0r recess, and a leaf-sprin g inserted under the bridge and having a ridge or projection adapted to interlock with said groove or recess in the bulge so as to restrain the spring from longitudinal motion; substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I hzwe hereunto set my hand.

ALBERT O. BUCKIUS.

IVitnesses:

THOMAS W. BAKEWELL, CLAYTON MARK. 

